Food waste is a global issue that needs proper study and action to be tackled. Food production uses too many of our limited resources, yet, food loss and waste across the globe is a persisting challenge.
The food supply chain is systemically producing food waste due to production errors or tight regulations around expiry dates.
The UAE is a perfect ecosystem for ideas to be exchanged, problems to be challenged, and collaborations to be executed for the betterment of our world. Yet, the country's ability to achieve its commitments to being the front-runner of the Global Food Security Index by 2051 as well as its goal of halving national food waste levels by 2030 is bound by its capacity to engage communities nationwide in its legacy.
The ECC will be a non-profit establishment connecting the dots to create a system to tackle food waste professionally and purposefully, on a national call-to-action level.
The ECC addresses the problem of food waste and loss with a lens of people-planet-profit, ensuring sustainable impact. At the ECC, all food supply chain actors will be joining forces to mindfully address the problem of food loss and waste by repurposing surplus and near-expiry products.
Emirates Community Center (ECC) will act as the focal point where food and beverage manufacturers, local farmers, retailers, and hotels and restaurants can donate or resell their near expiry and surplus products. The revenue obtained from the sales at ECC will be redirected to the causes of
The realization of the Emirates Community Center requires support from public and private actors. Organizations and individuals can join the project by supporting the ECC through different support channels.
As The Green Spoon Management Consultancies, we embarked on this journey because we believe in the power of communities over individuals and that we can only create a lasting impact if we actually put sustainability into practice.
We are reaching out to different organisations to be part of this initiative. Would you like to be part of the Emirates community Center?
Please email us at info@thegreenspoon.org or complete the form below and we'll reach out to you! Together we can make a difference!
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